Stress and anxiety can overwhelm and lessen the effectiveness of the individual.
Anxiousness contributes to poor impulse control, inability to sustain attention, impaired
working memory, and lack of cognitive flexibility. This raises the question as to whether, in
some cases, it is the symptoms of stress and anxiety that are being diagnosed as ADHD.
Whether these problems are a result of ADHD or are the cause of ADHD-like symptoms,
these studies suggest that reducing stress and anxiety by the Transcendental Meditation
technique can potentially reduce ADHD symptoms and improve executive function.